Rural drumming 1234567 playing method mnemonic

The arm does not move, the wrist force. Strike regardless of height. Light and heavy. Fast or slow can not affect the natural smooth movement of the wrist. The closer the two points of the head of the drumstick are to each other, the better.

Types of Drums:

Types of drums include waist drums, two-staffed drums, fishing drums, drums with the same drum, and flowerpot drums.

1, waist drum

Waist drum shaped like a cylinder, slightly thin at both ends, slightly thicker in the middle, both ends of the skin, the drum body has two iron rings, with a belt hanging in the waist, each hand holding a mallet to beat, waist drums have no fixed pitch, the sound is clear, can be used as both accompanying musical instruments, but also can be used as a dance props, performance of the scene of the joyful and bustling, is the main musical instrument of the waist drum team.

2, two staff drum

Two staff drums are popular in Fuzhou. It originated from the ancient waist drums. The drum body is made of wood, about 70 centimeters long, the middle is small, the two ends are thick and hollow, both sides of the cowhide or python skin, the drum surface diameter of 30 centimeters or so, the drum skin is mounted on a metal ring, by the rope through the system taut. It is struck with a wooden whip or clapped by hand to pronounce the sound, and is one of the main musical instruments of "Fuzhou Shifan", and is also used for the accompaniment of Min Opera.

3, fishing drum

Fishing drum, also known as "bamboo qin" or "Road tube", the Southern Song Dynasty has this instrument. Modern use of fishing drums, is 65 to 100 centimeters long, about 13 centimeters in diameter on the bamboo tube, one end of the masked pigskin or sheepskin and become, when playing, the left hand firm embrace of fishing drums, the right hand beat, is the folk music "Daoxiang", "fishing drums" and "bamboo qin". It is the main accompanying instrument of the folk songs "Daoxiang", "Fishing Drum" and "Bamboo Harp".

4, with the drum

Folk circulation of the larger drums. One of the hall drums. Widely popular in southern Jiangsu area. With the drum drum body is barrel-shaped, slightly wider in the middle, the drum is about 60 cm high, more Tsubaki wood, color wood, birch or poplar wood production, both sides covered with cowhide, drum diameter of about 50 cm. The middle of the drum body is equipped with three drum rings, used to wear a drum belt or for hanging.

5, flowerpot drum

The drum is named for the drum surface is large, the bottom of the drum is small, like a flowerpot. Evolved from the hall drum, also known as the "South Hall Drum". Due to the shape of the cylinder, there is a "cylinder drum" name. Now widely used in Beijing opera and other local theater and dance accompaniment, instrumental ensemble and solo.